OMAHA ILLTSTHATHD I IE I MX ) .
A Most Successful
Western Institution
Tlir Iloo IB pleased to devote n portion of
Its space today to n worthy and successful
local corporation , thu Bankers Hcsorvo Llfo
Af-Miclntlqii of Oiniiliii. II wnfl organl/.cd
In the Into spring of 18)7 ! ) ; Issued lt first
policies In Juno of that year , nnd hits just
hold Its third nnnunl meeting.
MB nnnunl statc-menls show over $1,250,000
ItiHiirnnco written during Its brief career , a
record of which Ihu management IH ilmerv-
odly proud. During the your ISfly more
than olio-half million U-IIH added to its ilsks
The trying purled of the organization has
1'iifrHod and the AHHO-lntl n Is a HUI-I-CHH lo-
yoinl a noradvonturo.
Dcllllt I.IIHMI-M I'lllll.
It sustained nnd promptly paid ten thou
naml'dollars for death claims during the first
fifteen months of Its history , and hm had
only two death claims , each for $1 000 , dur
I UK the past eighteen months. The testl
monlals of lift claimants are the strongest
possible ondorscment of the Btaljillty of the
' ompany. HH llrst one thousand appllca
tloiiH written were for $1,000 and $2,000 on
n f-iiiRlu llfo , which limited Us volume of
1 UHlnoHH , lt lluhlllty and Its Income from
premluniH.
The llrst years of Its existence the Dank
ors Hcsorvovas somewhat lumpered hy
the laws of the Htnte of Nebraska and coqld
not adopt , modern politics The legislature
of 18fl ! ) amended the Insurance law enacted
In 18I5 ! , under which the company Is Incor-
E K VALhN'llNE. GliN L ArTOilNEY.
porated. The amundod luw gives to stipu
lated premium companies of Nebraska every
advantage of safely , and enabled the asso
ciation to Lssuo the bust and most modern
policies , excelling any policies now Issued
by the suit-styled "old lino" companies.
UN 1'olIulvN Ar > Xttt K\ctlli > il.
The Bankers Reserve's policies contain ill
thn late liberal options , which after thrci
yearn are available , HH automatic oxtcnded
or paid-up Insurance , or for cash or Ibiu
values , with other equally liberal features
thus making these policies popular with tin
public and attractive to agents. It ropre
senls the no\\est and best in llfo insuranc
and is the "lightning express" comparci
with the "old lino" staRO coach.
TinKxi'tMillvt * OllluvrN.
Air. II , II. Hoblson , the president an
founder of the company , Is ono of the bes
known anil most successful life Insuranc
men In the country , llo baa devoted hi
energies and tlmo to llfo Insurance durln
the past twenty years , IIo Is a n.an of gro.n
organizing ability , of splendid health and
untiring Industry. With years of experi
ence as an olllrer of one of the largest In-
iiuranco companies of the United States , and
as an underwriter , ho has been n pronounced
success. Ho Is a man of property and de
servedly stands high In the ranks of Omaha
business men
James P Latta , vlco president nnd trens-
11 II ROI1ISON , PRESIDENT
uror of the Association , Is ono of the oldest
citizens of Nebraska ; a staunch , upright
skillful financier , llvo stock man and capi
talist. He has built up a largo fortune , owns
broad acres , herds of cattle and stands
among the best known hank olllclals of the
state. Ho Is the president of the First Na
tional Hank of Tckamah and his name Is
Known. In every financial center of the
United States.
John S. Postal , secretary , has had years
of experience In Hold work throughout the
United States for leading life Insurance
Companies , nnd has a record as an Insurance
writer second to few men In the business
In America. Skilled as a solicitor , ho is
also well Informed concerning all the details
of llfo Insurance , and is able to meet com-
11 J S. POSTAL , SECRETARY
o
a petltors upon any ground whore ho is chalK -
K longed.
it E. K Valentino , general attorney , has re-
The Hawaiian Islands in 1900 (
( CopyilKhtod , 1'J'JO ' , by Frank G. Carpenter. )
HONOLULU. Jan. 2 , 1'JOO. ( Special Corro-
Hpumloneo of The lleo. ) At the crobs roads
of the Pacific , 2,100 miles from San Fran
cisco , U , 100 mill's fiom Japan , about 4,000
miles Horn Australia , and an almost equal
dlstanco from our now possessions In the
1'hlllpplno Islands , I bi'gln this torles of
letters for my American readers. 1 am In
the United Stales of the eastern Paclllc.
The ( American ilau lloats from the palace
which was not long ago occupied by King
KalauKaua and In It sllu the president of
Iho republic of Hawaii , ready at any mo
ment to glvo place to the now government
has been do-
im noon us Its uMicl form
lurmlned by congress. 1 am In Iho city of
Honolulu , the capital of the Islands , ono of
the most beautiful cities of Its blzo on the
globe. ItH wldo avimuos are lined with
palm-shaded gardons. fenced with hedges of
oleanders and other beautiful ( lowers. Its
vclvoly lawns are at their greenest now. in
the heart of mldwInter , and the boft ozonlc
airs of the Boml-troplca uro over washing
It clean , Behind mo rises the Punch Bowl ,
an extinct crater , largo enough to hold the
drink of all the g > ds of all the nations , uinl
not far below it urn the vast plantations on 1
which la annually raised enough sugar to
sweeten 'tho ' punch of all humanity.
riiTiinK in I'ni'iHf.
Hut before 1 wilto moio about Honolulu
at ; I BOO it In passing , lot mo give you the
( intllno of the tour which I am making In i
the Interebts of thin I'upor. ' H will comprise -
miles of qut-of-tbo-
prise moru than 25,000
way travel through the countries and Islands
Of the Pacluo ocean , Including Japan , China
Malacca , the Dutch East Indies , the Philip
pines , Australia , New Zealand , the Samoa *
and the Fljis. It will bo n circle of the
Pacific , ending after another visit to tlicet
Islands at San Francisco , where It began
I shall spend some months In each of tin
above count ! lea , describing the present coiv
dltlons , Invebtlgnting the chances for Amorl
can trade and picturing In pen and camon
tbo wonderful changes which are going 01
In the far east.
I want to dewcribo Japan under the nov
tieatles , by which Americans can now d
business In any part of the empire ; to travc
over China , making my way Into the In
tcrlor ; to look Into railroads and ether nn
dcrtaklngs which are now there under way
to describe how the English munago thol
colonies at Hong Kong and the Straits Set
tlomenls and to visit the wonderful Islanl
of Java , a colony or Holland , which suj :
ports moro than 24,000.000 people on an arc
about as largo as the state of New Yorl
From Java I way possibly visit Sumatra an
llorneo and thence make my way down t
Australia , the greatest of England's colonh
possessions. Australia IB a continent In II
Belt and Is fast being opened up to Amerlc.i
trade. . It has vast cities and Is a worl
of Its own.
My first Hold of work will ho the Phllli
plno Islands. I shall leave tomorrow f <
Japan , where I remain long enough to pn
' pivp a couple of letters and thci push e
> rapidly via Shanghai nnd Hong Kong i
Manila , so that I can bo there n month fro
today.
From Manila I expect to make oxpedltloi
s from Island to Island , as the etate of fightlt
, will permit. I want to look into the n
\V. O BRIDGES , MEDICAL. DIRECTOR
sided In Nebraska for moro man thlrt ,
years. Ho Is an attorney of acknowledge 1
ability , nnd was judge of the district court ,
congressman three terms , and sergeant at
arms of the United States senate for four
years. Piobahly no man In the central
west Is better known throughout the coun
try than Judge Valentine , and wherever ho
Is known he Is respected for his high stand
Ing and ability.
C. L. Roblson , second vlco president and
assistant sei retary , is an underwriter of
acknowledged strength and largo experience.
J. P. LATTA , V. P. AND TREAS.
Few men In the west have developed more
skill In the field or have been more success
ful. IIo Is strong in his personal acquaint
ance and has expert knowledge of the life
insurance business.
T. W. Illackburn has been Intimately as
sociated professionally with the management
since the organization qf the company. He
Is a piomlnent member of the Douglas
county bar , has resided in Omaha for
twenty-four years , and is well and favorably
known throughout the west.
Dr. W. O. Bridges , medical director , has
been prominent In the medical profession In
the state of Nebraska for ten years and pos
sesses the highest professional qualifications
He Is a man whoso experience has given him
technical knowledge of life Insurance pos
sessed by few physicians anywhere.
W. F. Milroy , assistant medical director ,
and state medical director of the Royal Ar
canum for Nebraska , Is a physician of high
standing In Omaha and well known through-
hourccs of the country , to describe the plan
tations , the mines and the forests and give
you j.toiurcs of tnc custom- * habits aurl
character of the people as potvsiblo Amorlcar
g citizens. I go without prejudice and will
Q the one aim of ascertaining ami writing the
truth as It Is.
< luui > r Filipino TrllifN.
' Ths undertaking is no small ono. Tin i
Filipinos are , as the commlhslon tent out b ;
the president has stated , rather an nggrega
tiou of tribes than ono nation. Each Islam
< ut the state of Nebraska With Dr
Bridges , ho Is a member of the faculty of the
Omaha Medical college , one of the leading
lucatlonal Institutions of Its kind west of
Chicago.
John A. Dempster , superintendent of
agents , was for many years a prominent
business man In central Nebraska , a mem
ber of the Nebraska legislature , nnd nn
organizer of fraternal societies of acknowl-
'dged ability. Ho possesses executive ability
ind does a largo personal business In nddl-
lon to the stimulus his presence affords the
orps of agents who work under his super-
tslon.
Prominent among Its eastern reprcsentn-
Ivea Is Dr. W. P. Goff , manager and state
xamlner for West Virginia. He Is n mem
ber of one of the most distinguished families
T.V. . BLACKBURN , ATTORNEY.
ot the country and Is nn active worker for
the company.
President Robibon makes favorable men
tion of Special Agents G. L. E. Kllngbell , A
R. Ferguson , John Davis , C.V. . Hamllt n ,
and M. C. Woods.
UN AilvlNorv Hoard.
The Advisory Board of the Bankers Reserve
servo Life Is ono of the stiongest in America
It consists of several hundred leading bank
ers , business and piofessional men , selected
from the several counties of the state. No
life Insurance company of the country new
C L. ROBISON , 2ND V. P. & ASS'T SEC'Y
or old has ever shown a stronger orgniil/a-
tlon at Its ago This combinati n of insur-
unco nnd business men cannot fail to win.
. has Its own peculiar savages and there an
3 parts of the country which have never beei
I explored. This is so even in Luzon , wher <
i the Spanish Inlluenco has been the stiongcat
i There are said to bo eighty-three dlstlnc
3 tribes , who speak sixty dllforent languages
There are many religions. Some tiibcw ar
naluro worshipers , who live In the trees , 11
) huts built In the branches bigb up fiom th
y ground. Olhers are Mohammedans , who ar
- moro Inlolorant and fanatical than th
il dervishes of Turkey , and others are Bud
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g. ONE -OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN HONOLULU.
J A. DEMPSTER SI PT OFGENTS. .
The Board of Directors Is harmonious
hrougliout and forms an able corps of
i\orKevrs for the best Intere.-ts of the associa
tion.
The company challenges the closest In-
vestlgatlon of Its affairs and defies any com
petitor to offer better forms of policy con
tracts. It also invites parties interested to
Inquire as closely as they sec fit Into the
personnel of Ihe management.
The BanKois Reserve Llfo At-soclutlon is
engaged In the legltinialo business of life in-
1
W. F. MILROY , ASS'T MED. DIRECTOR. }
surancc. It has no warfare to make upon
competitors , but it will take care of itself
under all circumstances.
I N Kli-jiiiiit Home Olllcc.
The elegant homo offices of the com
pany are situated in the McCaguo block , nt
the coiner of Fifteenth and Dodge streets' .
There are not finer or bettor equipped In
surance offices in the entire west.
What UK- People Want.
The Bankers Reserve policies afford ex
actly the kind of insurance the people want ,
are easily understood and retiull satisfactor
ily. This is a western association which
should receive the coidial support of the
people most interested in the financial futuio
of this great section of the Union. It
places In our midst another Institution
through which will pass for Investment
In western securities lingo sums of new
capital.
e Utibts , Cunfucianlsts and Taoibts. Tlieie
n are Christians of various kinds , and , alto-
u
e gother , a strange conglomeration of different
t. bellejs.
it The customs of some of the people are
5. strange. The Callmlancs islands have faav-
e ages who wear gowns of bark and who eat 'j '
n their moat and fish raw. On the Island
e of Palawan , In the same vicinity , are fierce
o Dyako and pirates from Borneo and on
o Mindoro Island , which Is ns big as Con-
- ncclicut and Is , I am told , only 130 miles
from Manila , the men go naked and the
women wear only cells of bark aiound their
waists. Those men are head hunters. They
are wild to eat monkeys , snakes , crocodiles , .
and lizards.
On other islands slavery ic , still rl.'e.
There Is a system of debt slaves and
women and children are actually bought and ,
sold. It IH said you can buy a girl for ? 8
and that a lri-year-old maiden can bo pur
chased for five bushels of rice. If this is BO
I shall buy a girl and photograph her and
the slave dealer , In order to tell you just
how the business It ) done. I shall , of course ,
give the y.oung lady immediate freedom at
the close of the purchase ,
In addition to the savages , I shall do-
scrlbo the civilized Filipinos ; they have a
character of their own , nnd they will bo the * ,
ruling class in case the Islands are given
over to native government.
The real value of the Islands anil their
possibilities as an Investment field for
Americans will he another matter Into which
I shall look. I want to tell you how business
Is done , the methods ot buying and selling ,
the questions of wages and the money to he
made or lost In tbo various enterprises com
mon to tbo country , Some of the Islands
( Continued on Seventh Pace , )